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"'A Hand-list of British Birds/ by Dr. Hartert and 

 Messrs. Jourdain, Ticehurst, and Witherby, is one of the 

 ' milestones ' in connection with British Ornithology. 



" Mr. Howard's ' British Warblers ' is approaching com- 

 pletion, and the series of books on birds published by 

 'Country Life' is a welcome addition to the bird-lover's 

 library. Mr. J. G. Millais' 'Diving Ducks' is now complete, 

 and forms a most interesting book both for the student and 

 the field-observer. 



" In a handsome volume entitled ' British Game Birds 

 and Wild Fowl' (forming part of the series of the ' Gun 

 at Home and Abroad '), Mr. Ogilvie-Grant has contributed 

 a number of valuable chapters containing new facts and 

 much information about the natural history of these inter- 

 esting groups of birds. 



" Dr. Ernst Hartert's Palsearctic Birds is making steady 

 progress. 



" Dr. Menegaux's Catalogue of the Marmottan collection 

 of French birds fills along-felt want, for without it this very 

 complete collection was of little use to students. 



" The hybrid origin of Cyanistes pleskei has been estab- 

 lished by Dr. Th.Pleske 



" Mr. La Touche is still actively at work on the birds of 

 North China, and his collectors continue to meet with new 

 and interesting species, especially among the Warblers. 



"Herr Stresemann has made most successful explorations 

 in the Moluccas and on Bali, the most important of his 

 discoveries being undoubtedly the true home of Eos semi- 

 larvata and the new Starling Leucopsar rothschildi from Bali. 



" The expedition to the Snow Mountains of New Guinea, 

 undertaken by Messrs. Wollaston and Kloss, was very suc- 

 cessful, as the explorers climbed almost to the summit of 

 Carstensz Peak and collected many rare and new species. 



" Mr. A. S. Meek is continuing his work in the Papuan 

 Regions and, after making fine collections on Mount 

 Goliath, explored the high mountain on Goodenough Island 

 and also the island of Rook. His party have been for the 



